Imperial Policy
Definition
Absolute monarchy extending to all spheres of public life, including religious life; Alexander II could not relax state control over the Church, and Alexander III’s manifesto ‘On the firmness of the autocracy’ defined a conservative rollback.
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Biblical References
- Galatians 3:28 — *There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is neither male nor female—for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. *
- Colossians 3:11 — *Here there is neither Greek nor Jew, circumcised or uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave or free, but Christ is all and in all. *